PGP - Pretty Good Privacy - Hash functions

Below you can see what a signed email looks like when the receiver opens it. Many of you may have seen similarly signed emails as newsgroup postings.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

This email message has been fed into a routine called a HASH Function
(a function that converts one string of characters into a fixed length string).

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 6.5.8ckt http://www.ipgpp.com/

iQA/AwUBPwbo8pUx0kMWK6SuEQIzugCeJqCCSXCrKgp32U2dJroO5PJs4mQAn3PI
1TQHsv5kPs+I2+/HWqrVDN0x=u8Vw
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

To verify the signature, right click on the PGPtray icon, then in the pop up menu choose Decrypt & Verify.

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